Projects

Access to Civil Documentation in Southeast Myanmar, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

01.05.2014 - 31.03.2016

Strengthening AIDA Advocacy and Coordination Capacity

01.05.2014 - 31.12.2015

The Association of International Development Agencies (AIDA) is a coordination forum of 80 international non-governmental and non-profit organizations (INGOs) that share a common interest in promoting appropriate development and humanitarian programs in the oPt. SDC support enables the organization to fund the position of its Representative, Communications Coordinator and a senior advocacy coordinator.

Overcoming Institutional Capacity Gaps to Counter Corruption and Organized Crime

01.05.2014 - 31.03.2018

The proposed project aims to assist the government in reinvigorating its anti-corruption policies and increasing its capacity to counter the threat of organized crime, in particular complex economic crime. The project is directly targeting judiciary reforms and priorities entailed from the European Commission Reports on the Progress under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM). The project is part of the thematic fund security in Bulgaria.

Improved Access to Markets for Female and Male Small Scale Farmers in the West Bank

01.05.2014 - 28.02.2015

The project aims to enhance the relations between women and men farmers with the market, thus contributing to better connect the supply side with the demand side. It will facilitate a process which should enhance the capacities and abilities of key actors to play their role along the selected Fruit and Vegetable value chains. The 9 months inception period will be used to set-up the project team and conduct additional necessary analyses and consultations and finally to validate assumptions and intervention strategies with key stakeholders. A detailed project proposal for the main phase will be prepared and submitted to SDC.

Growing more coffee with less water in Vietnam

01.05.2014 - 31.12.2017

Growing coffee consumes vast quantities of water. In Vietnam, there are sometimes water shortages in the villages surrounding the plantations. The SDC is working with the Vietnamese authorities and food company Nestlé to encourage local coffee growers to optimise their water use.

Skills Development Programme (SDP)

01.05.2014 - 30.06.2020

Skills development is a key driver for inclusive growth in Cambodia, but delivery is poor. Through the Skills Development Program (SDP), SDC supports the rural poor and disadvantaged youth in northern provinces to have better access to more gainful and decent employment and contributes to strengthening the TVET national regulatory framework for better inclusion, more effective deliv­ery and higher relevance of vocational skills to labour market needs. 

Building Regional and National capacities for improved Migration Governance in the IGAD Region

01.05.2014 - 31.05.2018

The Regional Migration Policy Framework, adopted in 2012, provides Member Governments of IGAD a good document to better govern migration and protect migrants within the Horn of Africa. However, their capacities to implement this strategy are limited. Switzerland will support IGAD to enhance their cooperation and coordination as well as build their capacities to address existing gaps of implementation. This will improve the wellbeing and protection of migrants in the region.

AGRI-CHAINS – Development of agri-food chains at the local level

01.05.2014 - 30.06.2020

The AGROCADENAS Project, developed by the Ministry of Agriculture and the European Union with the contribution of Switzerland, seeks to improve food security through increased local production and dynamic processing and marketing. It supports three key agri-food chains (grains, cow milk and beef), benefiting 10,000 producers directly and over 1.6 million inhabitants in selected municipalities indirectly

GRO-Myanmar (Generating Rubber Opportunities in Myanmar)

01.05.2014 - 31.12.2017

The Generating Rubber Opportunities in Myanmar project applies a Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) approach to increase incomes and social capital of smallholder rubber farmers in the southeast of Myanmar. The project has a particular focus on women’s economic empowerment as well as on secure access to land. By facilitating links between market actors in government and in former armed conflict areas, the project helps build bridges that reduce potential conflict.

Core Contribution to the Earth Security Initiative (ESI)

01.05.2014 - 30.09.2018

The Earth Security Initiative (ESI) is a new innovative platform created to develop and advocate resource governance from an inter-dependence perspective, to provide a new way of seeing the security implications of resource scarcity, and to develop new tools and strategies aiming to mobilize government policy-makers, the private sector and civil society to work together on improving sustainable resource governance across silos.

AfDB/AfDF: African Development Bank / African Development Fund – Core Contribution

01.05.2014 - 31.12.2023

The mandate of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Development Fund (AfDF) is to promote sustainable economic and social development in Africa by providing support for good governance and private sector development, infrastructure, higher education and vocational training. Switzerland has been supporting the AfDF since its foundation in 1972 and has been a member since 1982.

Small and Medium Enterprises Development in Alai and Chon Alai Districts of Osh oblast, Kyrgyzstan

01.05.2014 - 31.05.2018

The political turmoil and conflicts in the south of the country in 2010 have unveiled the problem of unbalanced regional development. The government admits the need to develop the regions economically but lacks resources. Therefore the role of the private sector as the main driving force to generate jobs in rural areas, is important. To this end SDC has launched project on small and medium sized enterprises development in the poorest districts - Alai and Chon Alai. These two districts are known to have been engaged in the conflicts in Osh in 2010.